Dragon's Professionalism

The flowing river was reddened by the flames, and huge black shadows covered the sky. Amid the cries and screams of the people, the dragon swooped down high.

"My God! It's the dragon! The dragon is coming!" shouted the people, running wildly, even women and children grabbed weapons—including javelins, bows and arrows, and darts.A sharp horn sounded, and a rain of arrows shot towards it, and was bounced away by its scales. It opened its mouth lazily, and spewed out a burst of flames like a yawn, melting the gold in the center of the square. Cast portraits.

The old king knelt tremblingly on the high platform of the castle, wearing a cloak inlaid with ermine.

He opened his hands and shouted at the steam and flame-breathing monster: "Dragon of sharp claws! Bringer of fire! Greatest and noblest of all beasts!" The magic circle was transmitted loudly, and the huge beast seemed to be attracted attention. It narrowed its eyes, flapped its wings, and stretched its neck towards the castle.

Sparks and black smoke spewed out of its nostrils, and red light flashed in its pupils.The evil dragon skimmed over the high and low roofs of the city, and slammed heavily on the open space beside the castle with a bang. Amid the frantic shouts of the people, it straightened up, and its right paw hit the high platform on the castle.The dragon's sharp claws cracked the low wall on the platform with a "click", and several broken bricks rolled and fell, falling into the dust at the dragon's feet.

The king's pale hair was covered with a heavy crown, and his thin body wrapped in a cloak seemed extremely small in front of the dragon.The dragon's lizard-like eyes rolled indifferently, and the shivering figure of the king was reflected in its slender pupils.

"Great creature! King of the hills! May the stars guard your wings!—May I ask why you have come? Are you looking for gold and precious stones, or hunting delicious lamb?" asked the king in a trembling voice, and there was no one. He would be accused of not being brave enough for this: many people could clearly see that the sparks from the dragon's nostrils scorched the king's rich cloak.

The dragon didn't answer, it stared at the king with a humanized look mixed with mockery and pity, just like a lion watching a lamb crawling under its feet.

"If you want gold and gems, I will open my treasury: Do you like crystals? I have the most beautiful necklace in all the continents, it is completely made of amethyst, and every gem on it is carved with skillful hands 33 faces. Or do you prefer rubies? I have one the size of a pigeon egg, and it looks almost as red as blood—" The king begged the huge beast: "I only ask you to spare my people !"

"What do I want your people to do?" the dragon finally said condescendingly, its voice rumbling like thunder: "The whole body is made of thin bones, not fatter than a young ewe."

The king's eyes lit up: "Ah—then you want delicious ewes? I can give you two hundred... no, four hundred, each not more than four months old, with soft Hooves and tender meat..."

"No, I don't want your ewe either." The dragon interrupted the king, and it rested its paws on its chin. It looked like a gentleman: "Dear king, I still Say it bluntly: I have flown all the way here by moonlight, over mountains and forests—to your kingdom, not for your gold and jewels, nor for those delicious lambs."

"What I want is your seventh princess, Annibella, who is as delicate and beautiful as a rose."

The king suddenly covered his chest, and the women sobbed softly.

"No—my Annibella! No!" cried the King. "My jewel! My pearl! My little dove!"

"How dare you make such a disrespectful request! I won't grant it—I won't—" The king's voice suddenly fell silent: the dragon stretched out its left paw in front of everyone, and flipped open a short distance away. On the steeple roof of a church.

The crowd screamed and hugged their heads to avoid the falling debris, and the king looked as white as snow.

"No..." he stammered, "I can't..."

The dragon mockingly spit out a few sparks.

"So it's me you want?"

A voice suddenly came from the depths of the castle.

The king's face, which was almost impossible to be whiter, miraculously turned pale again. He almost lost his composure and yelled at the bottom of the stairs leading to the castle: "Go back—Annibella—go back! There is no need here you!"

"No, father." The girl's voice was soft but firm: "As a princess, I have an obligation to protect my country."

The princess walked down the 22 golden steps below the castle. She was really as delicate and beautiful as a rose: her long golden hair shone brighter than the sun, and her blue eyes were purer than the sky.The people under the castle choked up and looked at their princess: she is so beautiful and young!But he was going to send himself to the claws of the dragon for them!

The dragon's narrow eyes narrowed in satisfaction.

"Very well, since you are willing to take the initiative to stand up, then—"

Just halfway through its words, it was interrupted by an angry shout from a young guard.

Facing this terrifying giant beast, this demon that is almost irresistible by manpower, the guard's young soul once collapsed and lost his mind for a moment.But now seeing their princess, so beautiful and so weak, offering her life for her incompetence, anger and humiliation made his cheeks blush.The guard raised his sword, yelled incoherent words, and rushed to the dragon's feet with all his strength: He wants to teach this beast a lesson!Let this beast know how powerful humans are!

He clenched the hilt of the sword tightly, held it high above his head, and rushed towards the shadow of the dragon, shouting all the way, his appearance was so firm and indomitable.

There were screams and gasps in the crowd, and some people's eyes were full of anticipation. They held the weapons in their hands and eagerly looked at the dragon——

It raised its foot indifferently, and easily stomped the warrior to the ground.

The young man slashed at its feet in despair. There was a light "ding" sound, and some sparks popped out from the intersection between the scales and the blade, and then the blade shattered, leaving only the empty sword in the young guard's hand. handle.

"Don't try to challenge my patience." The dragon said slowly, it just stepped on the guard, even though he punched and bit his teeth, he couldn't even break a single scale of the dragon.

The light of hope in people's eyes was shattered.

The princess bit her lower lip tightly, lowered her beautiful head wearing a crown, and bowed cautiously to the dragon: "Great dragon, please forgive this young man's offense, he is confused and doesn't know what he is doing .”

"I will forgive him, beautiful princess." The dragon looked down at her from high above, and its white teeth gleamed sharply in the sun: "—as long as you know what you should do."

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The princess was taken away by the dragon.

The old king stood tremblingly on the high platform, with tears in his eyes, rubbing the rose-shaped brooch over and over again with his hands: this brooch was left by Princess Annebella, and it was given to her by her old father on her 17th birthday her gift.

The people under the high stage wept and choked, looking at the father who had just lost his daughter: he was not a benevolent king, and high taxes once made his crown crumbling.But in the face of the giant dragon attacking the country, the king, who was usually drunk in the arms of his beautiful mistress, stood up and bravely tried to protect them, and even lost his own daughter because of it; this really made the people very grateful—— And guilty.

"Your Majesty—please give me a chance, I can bring the princess back... Your Majesty!"

Weeping, the young guard knelt at the king's feet, the empty hilt still in his hand.

The king looked at him blankly, and the old hand was tightly clutching the brooch: "I can't bring it back, young man. Do you know who that dragon is? He is Villiers, 'Predator of the Night' Villiers." Lils!"

Anyone who heard this name couldn't help but gasp.

Villiers!It turned out that they were facing the notorious dragon today!

Among the many evil dragons that ravage Odo, Villiers is undoubtedly the most terrifying one.The most disgusting thing about it is that it attacks countries not for money or food, but for the beautiful and weak princesses in the royal family: sometimes the brave can save them, but more often they just disappear forever Now, no one dares to imagine where they are going—maybe it will be in the stomach of that terrible monster?

The young guard could stand it no longer.

"Please give me a sharp sword, and a pair of armor strong enough - I can bring back the princess intact! I swear!"

He begged the king, his blue eyes were full of sincerity.

The king was silent for a long time, took the empty hilt from his hand, and lightly tapped his shoulder with the non-existent sword tip:

"I will make you a knight immediately, and at the same time I will give you the best sword and armor in my treasury. I will also give you a fast horse so that you can save my daughter in time..." His voice trembled After a while, she became firm again: "If you can bring her back smoothly, then I will marry my daughter to you and give you all the treasures in my treasury."

"No, Your Majesty." The young guard lowered his head respectfully, "I only want to save the princess. Both the treasure and the princess are beyond my imagination."

"Really? Then..." The king was thinking, and then he clenched the hilt of his sword and raised his voice: "Listen everyone! No matter who it is, as long as he can bring my Annibella back to me intact , then I will marry one of my daughters to him and make him the master of my treasury!"

In one day, hundreds of fast horses galloped out from the castle of the kingdom, bringing the news to every corner of the continent.

Save Annibella!Save the princess!Just successfully rescuing her completes the quest without even killing the dragon.

Beauty and wealth seem to be within easy reach.

The eyes of the princes, the knights, and the mercenaries are bright... Braves and dragons, beauties and treasures, isn't this the eternal theme of this continent?

But before all of them set off, one person was already on the road.

Young guards rode steeds and wore long swords, fully armed and galloped towards Villiers' lair.

Princess!The princess who was taken away because of his recklessness and incompetence!He will save her!He swore he would save her!

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